Ernest Gardner Harker (1868 - 25 December 1928) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Matabeleland [1] from 1913 until 1927. [2]
Born in Croydon, Harker was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1893. After curacies at St Paul's, Burton upon Trent and in Shrewsbury, he was Rector of St Mary and St Margaret's Church, Castle Bromwich from 1897 to 1911. He was Dean of Salisbury, Rhodesia from 1911 to 1913; and Rector of Bulawayo from 1913 to 1927. [3]
He died on Christmas Day 1928. [4]
Ernest Arthur Gardner was an English archaeologist. He was the director of the British School at Athens between 1887 and 1895.
This is a list of the books written by G. K. Chesterton.
Ernest Arthur Lough was an English singer who sang the famous solo "O for the Wings of a Dove", from Felix Mendelssohn's "Hear my prayer", for the Gramophone Company in 1927. The record became HMV's biggest seller for 1927, and made the piece, the choir and the soloist world-famous. The original master recording wore out, and a second version had to be recorded to replace it in 1928. In 1962, it became EMI's first million-selling classical record, earning it "gold disc" status.
Ernest Torrence was a Scottish film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains (1922) with Colleen Moore, Mantrap (1926) with Clara Bow and Fighting Caravans (1931) with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita. A towering figure, Torrence frequently played cold-eyed and imposing villains.
Ernest Charles Temple Thurston was a British poet, playwright and author.
Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.
Sir Ernest Barker was an English political scientist who served as Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927.
Teodor Axentowicz was a Polish-Armenian painter and university professor. A renowned artist of his times, he was also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. As an artist, Axentowicz was famous for his portraits and subtle scenes of Hutsul life, set in the Carpathians.
Elisha Helm Calvert was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 170 films, as well as directing a further 60 titles.
George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay, Irish clergyman and prolific novelist. He was active in the Gaelic League, but strained his relations with Irish nationalists by supporting Robert Lindsay Crawford in his opposition to clerical control of education.
Arthur Stuart Duncan-Jones was an Anglican priest and author in the first half of the 20th century.
The Ven. Arthur John Winnington-Ingram, MA was Archdeacon of Hereford, England, from 1942 to 1958.
Henry Pryor Almon Abbott was a prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Bishop of Lexington from 1929 to 1945.
Keble Howard was the pen name of John Keble Bell. He was an English writer and journalist, who wrote a large number of novels, short stories, sketches and plays, mainly light comic pieces, often depicting suburban life. One contemporary literary commentator described Howard as "a highly successful novelist and a moderately successful playwright".
Joseph Bushnell Ames was an American novelist during the early 20th century.
Horace Percy Finnis MA was an Australian Anglican priest and organist in Victoria and South Australia.
Ernest Bell was an English author, publisher and activist for animal rights and welfare, humanitarianism and vegetarianism.
James Wilson Hunter was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Bishop of Wyoming between 1949 and 1969.
